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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

They were really really real. I have seen one. Ralph Sir Edward. (Of course, I was a little tyke at the time....)

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

yep, I'm a witness!!! I watched those tv ads when I was around 14? Ages and ages ago.........

...or so you'd like me to believe !!

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

It is: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...ct_id=10575906

"The Ronco Veg-O-Matic! It rices! It slices! It dices!

But wait! There's more! If you act now, we'll send you, absolutely free..."

There's about about the ad pitches that became legendary, too: http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/...02/june/ronco/
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Dennis

see, now how can anyone believe that's real ? it has "caricature" written all over it. in giant, red, "snacker of nations"-style letters.

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

The computer issues are why there haven't been very many Red posts...I'll get back. I'll really, really, work on it....(Hmmm... How can I work in a Ronco Veg-o-matic? Quite a two Pearl problem...)

Originally Posted by LazyScot

.... somewhat frustrated with the computer, and currently out of ammunition, he did what any sane computer victim would do - he fed it to the Ronco Veg-o-matic.

brilliant.